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Home / Uncategorized / Curtiss A-18 Shrike II. In the years leading up to World War II, the United States Army Air Corps were interested in attack aircraft capable of carrying larger bomb loads with greater firepower. The attack aircraft design standard essentially became a light bomber with firepower only slightly less than the medium bombers being developed as the standard .30 in machine gun generally was replaced by .50 in ones on new aircraft in development. Only 13 examples were built.